About Sweet Water Utilities

Sweet Water Utilities are business enterprises that provide essential public services including electricity, natural gas, water, and sewer services in Sweet Water, AL. Because of the infrastructure required to deliver services, a monopoly is often the most economical way for a utility service to operate. Sweet Water Public Utility Companies serve all of the customers for a particular service in Sweet Water.

You may contact Utilities for questions about:

Sweet Water Utilities billing and payments

Sewer rates and water bills

Setting up Utilities

Power outages

Natural gas hookups

Public & Private Utility Companies

Utilities in Sweet Water, Alabama may be publicly owned enterprises or private companies. In both cases, the primary source of revenue supporting the Utility is user fees paid by customers. In the case of publicly owned Utilities, the assets of the Utility are owned by the Sweet Water Government Utilities Department, but it operates as a self-sustaining public enterprise supported by its own revenues rather than relying on taxes to fund operations.

Public Utilities Commissions in Sweet Water, Alabama

In Alabama, Utilities are regulated by the Public Services Commissions or Public Utilities Commission. Public Services Commissions are necessary when monopolies exist or in cases where competition is very limited, to ensure that Sweet Water consumers receive safe, reliable, and reasonably priced services from competent and financially viable companies. Sweet Water Utilities must receive approval for the rates they charge and they are also required to demonstrate to the Sweet Water Public Services Commission that they have plans to maintain an infrastructure capable of supporting current and future demand for services.

Electric Utilities

Sweet Water Electric Utilities are the most likely to function as a hybrid of monopoly and competitive services. Only one system for transmitting and delivering electricity to customers is feasible in a given service area such as, AL. Therefore, transmission and distribution of electricity operates as a monopoly and customers do not have a choice when selecting their Sweet Water electric power company. However, the electricity in the Sweet Water electric grid may come from numerous suppliers.

Water Utilities

Water Utility Services in Sweet Water provide potable tap water directly to residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional customers through a distribution system.

Sewer Utilities

Sweet Water Sewer Service Companies receive wastewater from customers via sanitary sewers at a wastewater treatment plant. The Sewer Utility treats the wastewater to reduce pollutants before it is released into waterways.

Natural Gas Utilities

Sweet Water Natural Gas Companies are essentially local distribution companies that deliver natural gas, received from large capacity interstate or intrastate pipelines, to individual customers through small diameter distribution pipelines.